If you told us at the beginning of 2012, that this was the year that Livin’ Proof was going to put on A$AP Rocky’s first ever UK show; put on Hudson Mohawke’s only ever hip-hop set since our Boiler Room session 2 years ago; put on Danny Brown’s first ever UK show… and then put on DOOM’s first ever club DJ set in the UK… we would have told you to ‘FUCK OFF’.

Well guess what… ‘FUCK OFF’!

For our very special Bank Holiday party, we invite the metal faced villain to come down and do a super rare and intimate DJ set at Concrete. With only 200 tickets on sale and ABSOLUTELY NO GUESTLIST, we recommend you buy your ticket now. This will sell out instantly and you will not want to miss this very special show….

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Anyone who thinks there is ANY artistic merit to be found in lying to your fans is sadly misguided. I fear that on a whole those who allow Dooms excuse that 'everything we do is villain' are just too scared at not getting the joke/point when in truth he's just using that as a shield against scorn for such CLEARLY terrible actions.

Its sad but its true, too many yes men around him. He needs a kick up his fat wealthy ass or a sudden realisation that we are what made you ... not the other way around. Was a huge Doom fan but these acts are unforgivable ... its not art ... its just sad,

ok bla bla bla, he's a villain and he's doing it for artistic integrity. But the fact and the matter is that people paid good money, and took time out of their schedule under the presumption that they were going to see Doom flow, Doom, not his friend. Or these other hired actors lip synching over his music. What it should be about is the intimacy between the artist and the crowd. Talking to them, thanking them for coming, and having the crowd dance and have a good time. Or at the very least showing up to your own damn show and actually performing it. He's not a comic villain, he's a mega douche.

It's a messed up situation for promoters and fans dropping money... but if you look at this guy's whole history in context you will see that he's on a whole different planet than other hip hop artists. Take it for what it's worth... my opinion is that it's a calculated act of art imitating life or what have you. At the end of the day... he's writing some of the best lyrics in the game.

the man himself speaking on this very subject..."Here's how I look at it, because the wording in there is kinda funny. 'Impostor.' Impostor would imply that the character. I liken it to this: I'm a director as well as a writer. I choose different characters, I choose their direction and where I want to put them. So who I choose to put as the character is up to me. The character that I hired, he got paid for it. There's no impostor. ...When I go to a show, I'm going to hear the music. I'm not going to see no particular person....Any cats that are coming to see me as a physical person, I can switch the [actor] any time. I'm not gonna play the part of that character every time. Like how [actors] changed through the Batman series, where it was George Clooney [and] it switched like five [other actors]."

"...So when you come to a DOOM show, I'm letting all the cats know now, come to hear the show and come to hear the music. To see me? Y'all don't even know who I am! ...Technology makes it possible for me to still do music and not have to be any particular place. I'm using all that. I'm using every aspect at my disposal to project my creative thoughts. Either people gonna get it or they not. But I'll tell you one thing, if you're coming to a DOOM show, don't expect to see me, expect to hear me or hear the music that I present. And it's gonna be a unique experience every time. So that's all I have to say about that."

"Everything that we do is villain style," Doom said in an interview. "Everybody has the right to get it or not get it. Once I throw it out, it's there for interpretation. It might've seemed like it didn't go well, but how do we know that wasn't just pre-orchestrated so that we're talking about it now? I tell you one thing: People are asking more now for live shows and I'm charging more, so it must've worked somewhere...when you come to a Doom show, come expecting to hear music, don't come expecting to see." (Rolling Stone)